De Guzman, Aaron Fredriel DL

BSEE II-2

14 March 2014
Prof. E.P. Pimenta

Problem Set No. 2

FLUID DYNAMICS
1. A garden hose having an internal diameter of 1.9 cm is connected to a lawn
sprinkler that consists of an enclosure with 25 holes, each 0.13 cm in diameter. If
the water in the hose has a speed of 1.1m/s, at what speed does it leave the
sprinkler holes?
Given:
Di=1.9cm
Dholes= 0.13cm
Vhose= 1.1m/s
Solutions:

2. Water is flowing smoothly through a closed pipe system. At one point, the speed
of the water is 3.0 m/s, while at another point 1.0 m higher, the speed is 4.0 m/s.
if the pressure is 2.0 x 104 Pa at the lower point, what is the pressure at the
upper point?
Given:
V1= 3.0 m/s
H= 1.0m
V2= 4.0 m/s
P1= 2.0 x 104 Pa
Solutions:

3. A tank is filled with water to a height H. A hole is punched in one of the walls at a
depth h below the water surface. Show that the distance x from the foot of the
wall at which the stream strikes the floor is given by x=2
. Assume that
the water leaves the hole horizontally.
Given:
Hwater = H
HBelow= h
Dfoot of the wall= x=2
Solutions:

4. A square plate with edge length 9.10 cm and mass 488 g is hinged along one
side. If air is blown over the upper surface only, what speed must the air have to
hold the plate horizontal? The air has density 1.21 kg/m 3. (Hint: Apply the
principle of the dynamic lift.)
Given:
L=9.10cm
M= 488g
air= 1.21 kg/m3
Solutions:

5. Consider the Venturi meter, discussed in the sample problems, containing water
without the manometer tube underneath. Let A=4.75a. Suppose that the pressure
at point 1 is 2.12 atmospheres.
a. Compute the values of v at point 1 and at point 2 that would make the
pressure at point 2 equal to zero.
b. How much water in m3 flows into the tube per minute (the volume flow rate
in minutes) if the diameter at point 1 is 5.20 cm. The phenomenon at point
2 when the pressure falls to nearly zero is known as cavitations. The water
vaporizes into small bubbles.
Given:
A=4.75a
P1=2.12atm
D1=5.20cm
Solution: